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Toyota Celica TRD?

Well I was driving home with wife and family when this Black Toyota Celica with a TRD badge zooms by me and tries to f with me. I first decided to let it be, you know, with wife and all but then the sticker in the back window that said blo me kind of stuck into me a tad. Well we both came to a stop and the machoism got the best of me. Let me just say I did blo him or should I say blew by him. Wasn't even a challenge. I was 2 lengths up in no time and cut off about 50. First real race I had since I got the wagon

I am not at all impressed w/ the new celica, i have a friend that has a GT-S and has had numerous tranny issues. 6spd of course. the dealership told him that he shouldnt take it above 6grand. I laughed, as thats just around when the VVT-I kicks in. Also newcelica.org alot of the owners have had the same problems as well. The funny thing about the VVT-I is that the gearing in the car is so bad that you really have to know when to shift otherwise it falls right out of the power band and you can walk away. I am starting to like the new toyota Matrix thats coming out. w/ AWD unfortunately its the lower of the models w/ only 140hp, no doubt they will have turbos for 'em or SC's which could make em really nice. I take out the GT-S's in my 97 NT Talon. HAHA....!!!!

Last edited by ThunderousTalon; 12-23-2001 at 04:19 PM.

Illegal? Yes. Dangerous? No doubt. But for those few, fleeting seconds as we party with Power and Speed, the insanity seems to makes absolute sense.

Heh they're not stupid, i'm sure they're just like us out to have fun u know? Kind of like us trying to race S4s and M3s... but the blo me thing is kinda stupid. Good kill, i'm sure you lowered that sucker's self esteem enough to think towice about messing with someone who drives a wagon

So far I know West Covina Toyota is developing a turbo for the 1ZZ-FE motor (6 psi of max boost). XE-Engineering is developing one also. Rumor is that Toysport makes one also. E.L. Prototypes may be making on also.

Just a quick thing, The GTS motor has VVTL-i, second cam profile. With the gearing, you got to stay on the redline to keep it on the big cam. THe Matrix makes the problems worse with taller tires, affecting the final drive ratio (I think it's final drive).

I think those Celicas look bad ass! I saw a whiite one the other day and my jaw dropped as to how cool looking it is. Too bad they are so slow though. they should have made a GT-4 edition AWD Turbo. Sigh. . .
I actually ran across a GTS 6 speed whop wanted to race IN THE RAIN!!! You can imagine how badly I spanked him.

I think those Celicas look bad ass! I saw a whiite one the other day and my jaw dropped as to how cool looking it is. Too bad they are so slow though.

Exactly. If the celica wasn't so slow that would be the car I would get. I wish it was like the GT4. Bring it back. The GT4 would be compeition for the WRX. If toyota would have brought that car back in 2001 I bet we would not have half of the wrx owners we have today. And that body is drop dead gorgeous.

Too bad the "ZZT" celicas are based from the lighter, less expensive Corolla platform, eliminating the chance of using the 3S-GTE engine. THe only thing Toyota could do now is to make a turbo RAV4 engine and put it in there (or just turbo the RAV4 motor, and put a "G" head in there).

My sister really wanted a Celica GT (like every girl I know) until we sat down and looked at how much they cost. They have to be one of the worst bang-for-the-buck rice rockets you can buy. The GT-S is the only one with any power and it's about as much as a WRX. Add to this the fact that it is useless for anything except driving you and one passenger with a weekend's worth of luggage and I say forget about it.

I'm so glad I was able to talk her into the Sentra SE-R. It's a much nicer all around car and cost less than $18,000.

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